“You know that thing when you're watching a film that you're not really enjoying and the other person doesn't like it either, but you've paid for the rental, you're halfway through, you sort of want to know what happens and, besides, there's nothing else on. But really you're just waiting for someone to say, "Can we stop this? I hate it." And neither of us did. Some people sit like that for their whole lives together. Waiting for it to pick up, waiting for a good bit. We were lucky in that respect. It could have gone on longer.”
First Line: "In all her youthful visions of the future, of the job she might have, the city and home she might live in, the friends and family around her, Marnie had never thought that she'd be lonely."
Some strangers, some friends begin a coast to coast walk from the Irish Sea to the North Sea of England and work through life issues in the process. The story represented two very flawed, hurt, people not trying to get over bad relationships, until they were put together on this walk. Was there too much angst, bitterness? Not exactly. There was a just a right amount of humor to balance the story along with the revelations. I liked that it didn't end with a happily ever after with all sins forgiven, but a 'let's try' together vibe.
Harper, May 2024
355 Pages
Contemporary
14th book - ****
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